Darwin, Wallace, and Huxley, and Vestiges of the natural history of creation.
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Massimo Pigliucci
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the history of biology
دوره 23 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990